"Raising the attractiveness of the teaching profession”: Impact of a guidance program aimed at upper-secondary school students
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This article addresses the design and impact of the development of an innovative program, "Get to know the attractiveness of the teaching profession", whose aim is to help participants to identify their interests and competences in relation to teaching. Between 2012 and 2019, seven editions have been developed, involving 303 high-school students from 15 schools of the Community of Madrid. The program intends to improve both the students’ decision-making process and their perception of the teaching profession by means of the collaboration between educational institutions (universities and high schools). The program consists of three phases: a seminar held at the university with several sessions to stimulate the reflection and training of the participants, the development of an in-class teaching-learning experience held in the school context and, finally, the assessment of the participant’s experience, plus feedback on their development. In addition, the program has been enriched by a research process focused on the motivations and perceptions of high-school students about the teaching profession through the implementation of the Factors Influencing Teaching Choice scale (FIT-Choice) before and after the program. The outcomes show significant differences in the results obtained after the program in motivational factors such as perceived ability and social influences, as well as in perceptual factors like salary and social status.
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